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Featured Speakers
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 Honorary Co-Chair
His Excellency Marc Ravalomanana
President
Madasgascar
Authorized Biography
Marc Ravalomanana officially took office as the President of the Malagasy Republic on May 6th, 2002.
Marc Ravalomanana was born on December 12th, 1949 in a family of eight children. He is from Imerikasinina, a village to the east of Antananarivo, where he grew and did his first studies. He is married to Lalao Rakotonirainy and has one daughter and three sons.
Marc Ravalomanana is an inspiring example of a self-made man. Starting with a small yogurt processing unit run by his family, and with continual investments, he succeeded in setting up first the TIKO Company, then the TIKO Group, which he chaired until recently. The TIKO Group has become the most successful agro-business in the country and has made Marc Ravalomanana one of the richest men in Madagascar.
Marc Ravalomanana went into politics in 1999 as a candidate for Mayor of Antananarivo, the capital city. He won by a large margin and proceeded to make many positive changes. In particular, his improvements in hygiene and sanitation made him immensely popular with the city’s residents.
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Featured Speakers
Nigel Bruce, PhD
Public Health Consultant
University of Liverpool, UK
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Samir Chaudhuri, MD
Director
Child in Need Institute (CINI)
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Paul R. Epstein
Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment
Harvard Medical School
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Stephen Lewis
UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
United Nations
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Mark R. Montgomery
Economist
Population Council and SUNY-Stony Brook
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Mike Muller
Director-General
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
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Margaret Mwangola
Executive Director
Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO)
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E. Anne Peterson, MD, MPH
Assistant Administrator
USAID Bureau for Global Health
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Dr Mamphela Ramphele
Managing Director
World Bank
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Jeffrey Sachs
Director
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
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Carole Simpson
Anchor, World News Tonight Sunday, and Senior Correspondent, Washington
ABC News
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Carolyn Stephens
Senior Lecturer, Co-Director, Centre for Global Change and Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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CANCELLED: Unable to Attend
Vandana Shiva
Director
Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy
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